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daussaulit
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My first hand at sweetbreads
#12023456 - 02/13/10 07:05 PM (14 years, 20 days ago) |
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So, I've had them a few times before but I've never prepared them myself before. I'm using the recipe from here: http://events.nytimes.com/recipes/11819/2008/03/09/Saut233ed-Sweetbreads-With-Beets-and-Molasses-Sauce/recipe.html
So I bought veal sweetbreads, and they came in a pillow pack. I took them out and soaked in water overnight.

Here's the simmering liquid. Brought to a boil, simmered for 30 minutes, and then remove all vegetation before adding the sweetbreads.

 I was very concerned about overcooking. The recipe says 10 minutes, but Fergus Henderson's Nose to Tail Eating said 2.5 minutes. I only simmered it 5 for fear of overcooking, but I think a 10 minute simmer should be fine for next time.
 Peeling these were a little more difficult than I had thought it would be.
I picked up some golden beets, and just boiled it. It took like 40 minutes to cook, but it was also a fairly large beet.

Instead of molasses sauce, I wanted something a little more colorful and made a blood orange gastrique instead.
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar 1/2 cup sugar 1 blood orange juiced Reduce to a syrup.

I think for next time I'll cut the beets smaller and won't drizzle the gastrique on the sweetbreads. It was a lot of sweetbreads for just one person, so I'm saving the rest to deep fry for tomorrow.
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Re: My first hand at sweetbreads [Re: daussaulit]
#12023526 - 02/13/10 07:17 PM (14 years, 20 days ago) |
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Damn they look good man. I have not had the pleasure in a long time.
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Re: My first hand at sweetbreads [Re: daussaulit]
#12024870 - 02/13/10 11:12 PM (14 years, 20 days ago) |
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nice job man, nice thread
i've always been curious about sweetbreads myself
Did you pan fry them after poaching?
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Re: My first hand at sweetbreads [Re: LiquidSmoke]
#12029840 - 02/14/10 07:27 PM (14 years, 19 days ago) |
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Yeah, just put salt and pepper, dredged in flour, and pan fried.
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Re: My first hand at sweetbreads [Re: daussaulit]
#12040343 - 02/16/10 02:24 PM (14 years, 17 days ago) |
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This reminds me of organ meat week at culinary school. How did the reduction turn out? 1/4 of rice wine vinegar seems like a lot of acid there. Next up you should do kidneys, they are imo, about as good as organ meats get, which isn't saying a lot but still.
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Re: My first hand at sweetbreads [Re: caphillkid]
#12056998 - 02/18/10 09:20 PM (14 years, 15 days ago) |
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Well, I accidentally juiced 2 blood oranges instead of one. I thought it turned out well. The blood oranges were also on the sweeter side.
I'm going to try to find some kidneys. It was a huge pain in the ass to get these sweetbreads, and I think I'll have to scour some ethnic markets. Any ideas for preparation? I have very little knowledge when it comes to cooking offal.
 Southern Fried Sweetbreads I took the leftover and pulled them apart as uniformly as possible and used this recipe from Gourmet.
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Re: My first hand at sweetbreads [Re: daussaulit]
#12057056 - 02/18/10 09:29 PM (14 years, 15 days ago) |
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Sounds delicious, I might actually try and find some of these this weekend. Did you brown them at all? The color is offensive to my eyes, but Im sure a nice browning would make them delicious looking, not to mention complexity of flavor. Of course Ive never worked with sweetbreads.
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Re: My first hand at sweetbreads [Re: Chespirito]
#12057145 - 02/18/10 09:42 PM (14 years, 15 days ago) |
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I pan fried them for the dish, but I didn't get the oil hot enough. I'll know for next time and try to get a little more color on it. If I cooked it any longer than I had, it probably would have been overcooked.
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